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?—.4. Yes, certoinli; casualties sorpec,..,, 1 ,„ 1 1 bet we'eu ibo‘e periods, consequently ci,!pc.!l!,tinents are.not Gazetted. 'L en it theCommatider in Chief had sent an . IGth of. August to, stop .the.publication .t Tonyn's, it . would not 'have appeared in G on •Bat uklay ?- 7 -A. The publication `of it wot.d: *,,,nly have been suspended. ), Colonel Gordon know whether.such an ok.sior w,►... issued or not ?—A. It was Impossible, Q.., The publication of. IVliffor Tonyn's name was 1;01 $ surpended then ?—A. Certainly not. DGe,,F, Colonel Gordon know where the Corn-. nrinder Chief was on l'hursdaY; the 16th of Au fi. 1594 ?---A,. It was his 114alflighness's birth coy ; he was probably at Oationds. Q.. Did his %Val Highness come to the Horse- Gnards on the 17th of Augusti--7A. That could be acct rained by a reference to the papers in my office. CL,',D'Oes COlonel Gordon recollea the Duke of to him between the 16th and trh or Aii t y.ht, to ask if there was time to stop the pub licatt(,:., of Major Totvyri's promotion ?—A. 1 have SL . : 1 C; hinel Gordon inform the Committee, atty,O.t&er of the name of Astlen is to be, iound in the army _list pi that time 2—A. I have referivti to the li,t, and have found no such person, O. Dies Colonel Gordon know whether there' \k:s a Major of the name• of Bligh, that.,was pro moted about that time I have made a ,similar., rcterenoe to the army but without effect. (4„l)urti Col'onelGordon know .thot an Officer of them aiue of Wig!) was removed about that time from tht, hAt-pay of the 54th lOLA to be Lieutenant,.Co'- lonel of, the 44111 ?—A. On inquiry .I find that was the • Q. Of what standing was he as Lieut.,CoJonel of alp) , ?—A. That can he known by reference to the nttnv C . Then in, point of fa& there was nq Major of the name Astlett or Bhgh that was promoted or removed about' that. period,?,--A. Nune that t ic i “l tkr of, , Does Colcinel Gordon know any Officer of `Bateman who applied for promotion about Joy. oi . An . gust, 1804 There is a Capt. lia,utrru). Q.. „ Did he. apply, foi promotion ,NOt . that I 1:60w of. 4 • (). Dot's Colonel Gordon know an Officer.of the name of Spenting ?—A. I find o ioqujry that b e vi4h or is in the 48th. Q. I lip; Colonel Gordon any documents respea. isni - application for proknotion i—A. I think I 1)orc, here. " Q. Ware any .e?;paaooph held. out to bitn.that 11...•ttoultt reOve promotion I—A. No; I think not. 1 k Wa4 not .to ,l)e.noted till a fityoniablo report p-ceivifit, Nt notice was taken of his application. incmori.ll was ( .I .ati'.d 128).1804, Q. Does colonet Gordon know 9( the Duke of Ir,,:kt.i having stopped all proinotions in the tfitch.?, !, (I.ln't I he, promolion had been cropped in the • h o sit not likely that Colonel Gordon must to, • ?—A. Yes, I think. so. , G.; But Le does 'not helieve thpre„ever vast such • . nrJer I have already said that I do not re . . • 0, I has COlonel,Gordon any documents to show Jt 'N.i.ajot'Tayldr obtained his promotion to a Lieut. C o ,;,l, c cy Yes, .1 have. !)id he ,obinin it.hy purchase 1-4. No; he c; ` ,hi 'nut. I I , ; ua, recommen4eo Lye Colonel of c • 1,n5, Lor w. • , , :In I: is!) levy ?-4.. Lord Matthew (1 lilt; tot 1; 1ic; 3 +1111,..31t, and4by hitt Idler of servlce recurimito,(l thebilicers.: • t la 2 Duke of York could not ,(lo otherwise th,,n accept .1/ad Matthew's, recomingudAtiou of i! ) to be Lieuicuant-.Colcoel, it he tivrytd,the yr( h:,;try.titne to (ie.:lily him for that rook L do not say he could trot ; but it would not havis,been regular. _ _ _ (4. ifheil Major TopJor promoted .in come. qt,tieco of that levy ; I know Aio (,),11b.1 c rise.. • 0D , , ots'it 'appear that Major Taylor applied for, ltavt• io pitreb:e th? Lieutenant-Colooeley Dace not found such to the boolettpl ray Fins Colon , tl Gordon any documents respe6l- ihg ',tie promotion Captain Ximpuvo to a atojorny Augusi 1804 Ye 4. . 'Wh'ere was Captain Xtinen49 when be was inuiakkAA.l ?---A., With his Regiii'oint in Canada. htr an . old C 'warn u> ttw artily hi . ; was . a. Cafitain of the yvar 1794, and con , ( I . < wiy of tell ytat.t; standing- , • Wa Of that class de-icribed by Col.Gorclon otf- iIIS wer'exa . mination, as entitled to a Alajorit.) ? A. !?',' Lord 12-;,1 Thit Regiment of *Lord ,r,:er completed It bas been as'a Regiment of the . „ W;,ti - it cot tAeted in the year toof L—A. So ab Honied Lord Matthew to recommend his accoidlnk . to his Fel ter of sc'rvice. i 3 Sir G. Witness make respeding, Colunej iirootte's cha r,.,l-t-cii'.lL:-.A. He had, awl leatot that he:Wits fully col.if“icd 10 lit c ! a Lieu(.-to!. of cavalry.. Wiineii has sail th.it Colonel Ilrooke had thre.e month. , it; Colo:iel in the gad regiment. \'‘"kkt ot her wervices bld he 5 , ..c0 Services that , I ye nt irt : satklatti o o . , he did mit"so recoiled •: te.. 11 . 0:1V able to entim:aate them. . !.)1 ADAN,ex by Lord FoLaTota. j)id.Nlii t .einke ever make use of the Duke k'.; in money natter ?—A. I made no :I; ori'' that . 40bjeat. I communicated knew to Mr. Lowton, l and he Made a, report if. • n ,Was the aornuutuitation respeOing her con in this respettl nimle to the Duke of York by Mr.•..Lowtoo The result was !Tans , ;, i,. 10 :his Royal Highness- at o,ttlands the 7 th• or , I 806. that 'inNemigation, did his Rnyni ive ;o .4eparafe iroto 'Mrs. Clarke ? r —A. Icy •, pleteod .to say what'were the rtiorhrei ol York's coiicht , A, but he soon after took r, tit 1,e112.1sate411)111 her. 111, VII MI W1U,171 111%. , or, 'find the House adjourned at Half-past Three this morning. ARMY AND NAVY EQUIPAGE. IE PATENT CAMP BEDSTEADS, Furn cure, Mattresses, and Bedding complete, are very reaped. tully rectunmended tO Gentlemen as bring the most portable and superior to any others "ma de in London; Marquees, Cents, Tables and Chairs, on improved principles; Sea Cuts, Sofa Beds, and Chairs, for on Board Ship; Musquitto Net Furniture, and Patent Brass-screw Bedsteads, for East and West Indies, and all Foreign Climates, at MORGAN and SANDERS's Patent Bedstead Manufatiory and Ware-Rooms, Nos. to and 17, Catherine-street, Strand. Morgan and Siinciers's New-invented Imperial Dining 7 ables, allowed to be the most complete and hiegant set of Tables ever yet invented, are very portable, packing in a Box but ten Inches deep. • N. B. The Fashionable SofaAlai and Chair-Bed Ware house. MAILS. ARA van—t Dublin, a Waterford, t Heligoland. Dug—t 4 Gottenburgn, t Malta. PRICE OF STOCK.S Tali DAY AT TWILV It O'CLOCK. _ Consols ' „ • THE SUN. 110,LIM 141,SUM *WI:ISAT ? LUND O N, TURIIDAY, FRBRUARY el, 1809. We some months ago expressed on opinion of the probability of a rupture between Austria and France, and all the intelligence which we have recently re ceived from the Continent tends very strongly to con firm that opinion. The Lady Prances Packet arrived yesterday, at.Har-wick, from Heligoland in five days. She brings intelligence that it was very generally ru mo'ared on the Continent, that a rupture between France and Austria was inevitable. nVONAPARTE, it appears, did not remain long in Paris after his return from , Spain,, but set out for Germany almost I • - imtnediately.. . •• 'WE this morning received the following Letter from Liverpool. ,„ ." Livottroca., , Fcu. Ig. Arrived the Henry, HANNA, of this port, from New York, which she Jett on the Bth of January. The New Embargo Laws were in,toree, and acted upon with rigour." The Brunswick, of 74 guns, has arrived at Yar mouth from the Baltic. She has been frOien up for two months; and of course has suffered consi derably,. We are, the more happy, to : antwunee her arrival, beemise she, was the only ship about which any apprehensions were enicriaine4; • Letters Were yesterday received from Oporto,which state; that the Marquis Da LA ROM Ati A had etieded a junction wish General CVESTA iti keitrainsitura, and that their united forces had delestad o French divi• sion in that quarter.. Our last Letters from Lisben,• it may be reco.llooed;, contained:an grown ( o f satn b_ advantages obtained.uver the enettayin Estramaddits;' and we hope that tlaiw additional iiitelliothOeef the' jimetirrn of ilostAti,i'ir army; and- , stitiseiuent-Stie-/ - : cesses,r will be .confirmed. A vessel has arrived at Dublin, which sailed froth the Tagus on the sth, and at that tithe nu ant hentid account of any inroad of the Freiu%-intu Portt3gal' had reached Lisbon. • -Accounts from Holland to the . oth :inst. arrived yesterday, of which the following is the most port ai tt 4, Th e Ki ng of Det.istAtot bas lately made repre sentations .to the French and Dutch 'Cow ts, that he has seen ‘t it much concern,: that.. many veilsek; laden in ports, with tar„hemp, Stcr pass the Sound tinder English colours, bound for Eng land, and that these'vesiels are . chietly-Dutch, Under foreign colours ;. furnished w;th clearances , from Rotterdam; Amqe.rdatn, &c. which clearances.were f a l se . and proved to be so, by the:masters and crews - of vessels captured. by the Danes. The. Butch Go-. verornent, in consequence, has desired that-allvtich Captains. who should be detained by ,DaniW cruizers, might be cormiued tp. prison/' .4 . • Private leittiparvreceivecl , by• the list conveyance froth Inchai4pealt al IlieqprOent *situatiori . of affairs asliebring tll asped rather *ollie. A letter froth tionibtiy;, 'of the 'OO contains the following.: passage: 4 . 41 ' tv ( 01 , ihing 7 her° has the wipe& of Warlike pre paration. prospers, with retett-to' - Persia, are, I leat 4 i , but-filobrny. • 'General :Male° Who set l out hiincePstrine timersinceon a sptcial mission 'to „, the COutil , df Atit Chuntry, .has' been stopped 800 miles op .thii‘Ae if 'Dianne,: the capital.' The• F re nchArew,4o ,ear", ,, ,vety naive in 'organising.- Th e y hoisietietseorifft•andeVies;. and other establish mints foritsprtyinglit i )prininrtal necessaries of War,' and are in high favour and confide l ice w i t h t h - , A r .. taxexei oldie A perion who eibaped!from Madrid on the 13th • ult. has . brought. information , that there were not more:tinsn 3000 French troops-there. There were blOOO iti:Ocatia, and 6000 French soldiers were in hospitals. Till that time - the people had not `been oppressed .; - a circumstance which, united to the knowledge of the 'small garrison left: in. that city, she Wit the policy of the conqueror. It appears, that when the 'Wet' was given to take •the oaths to Joseph; a body of the pea* .assembled, and asked whether they weretUswearto FfthrntiANii, for they had taken the oaths to him, and would swear fidelity to 'none besides. No further disturbance took place, and no punishment followed. • The comniander Of 'one of the French' privateers; 'which captured his 'Majesty's schooner .I . iook, and wit) - so locoman') murdered 'Lieutenant Laurence 01 that vessel, after taking possession of het, is now a, prisoner iii 'the ot Jarnai,a. - He was taken at the capture ot C,.ma,,a. street, C quirestone:war- it3i atitireased. LUNUtx:v ( 'rimed by RICWA Et a Rats, Nn. 4, Martlett.court, Bow.s rreet ; and published by Wizsdom Aitulosk SCRIP'', South Holton ' ' At the SU N-Orri Ot, No. i)t Wand ; here eidrettiumenti , Order' tor the Paerr ) idlers for the Aditor, 4c, (voit.paidia ceiving that infortitationA. I - enn , draw no other consequenceirntri Q. Are . those,papy.rs erflocnments in the po4sea. • sion.of the,Duke of York at plebent i—A. I never '3,11v them since. : Q. When did yen !tear of the notepurportingno be written by- the Doke, and in' the .possesSlon !Captain Sanden ;. plvasi:, to state how yotr came by that knowledge I had the information from Colonel Hanillton •' Col— H.. called.on me between ten and eleven o'clock ins the morning; he told me he saw Captain Sandell at Portsmouth; and Captain Sanden, alluding to the Inquiry now going on, asked bins (Col( Hamilton) how he should condud him self,. incase he was called upon to explain what he . knew of the, note.' Colonel H. advised s him to ad here.strialy to the truth; that ..nothing else . could 'avail him when lie came to- be examined by the unit ed abilities of the country. • moreover, advised Captain Sanden above all things to preserVe the note and whatever papers he might posseA conneded with the subject of the present inquiry. col; Hamil ton came to my house . and 'related to me alt that passed. He brought with him, - according to my di . a copy of the note, which copy is the same `which I have.prodneed.- I advised him to go to Mr. Perceval,: and to relate the matter to him, which lie accordingly did. I followed him to Mr, Perceval's, 'and we deliberated together what course we were to .pursue, and. it was resolved that .Captain Sanden should have no communication with Mr. Wardle or Mr. Lowton, till he appeared at the Bar of the House., 11,pon,. ; further deliberation,, it was.agreed to communicate-the matter to the Duke of York. I waited. in .consequence on his.,Royal Highness, and informed him of what we had heard of the Note in the possession of Captain Sander), His Royal High , ile , s expressed great surprise and astonishment at it; and declared it was impossible he should have written it ; and his Royal Highness immediately went with , me to Mr.. Perceval's, where he made a similar as sertion. I. next went to. Colonel Hamilton, to learn what he had done with Captain Sanden. Col. H. informed me that he had advised Captain Sanden in the manner lie had been' instructed to do. That Captain Sanden promised to preserve' all the letterF . , but added, that he Mid destroyed the.note.—Good 'God ! ,said Col.. H. what, -have..you destroyed the nOte?. Upoo . hearing,that, it was destroyed, , I , also expressed .my surprir,e,- and I wilt-to Mr. Pereeval to acquaint hint .with the 'matter. , ' , We again deli b6ra.ted how to proceed, and retiolVod not to erten , thin the circumstance of the Note best% destroyed till the proper. time„.: I felt it,. hOweVer . , to be my duty not to keep the secret, to;_myiell, or to delay Intntipning ,it, l withotrt making the !thing known to c'erta'in Members of the Hamm. Itherefore'cotn tiipriicated it.,to r hord.Castlerengh, to the Attorney and . SOlieitpr. .00lier31ti, to Mr. Canning, to Lord Ilettry Petty, Mr. Whitbread, and:General Fitz patrick. • Q. When yon,mentioned the circumstance of the note to the'Duke of York, :did his Royal-Highness say he had never written such a _note, or that he hrsd: h no recollection of aving written it.?--4,A.r His Royal Highness .said lie could hever have ;written ii, and had no recolleaion of such .a thing., , Did ,hi s Royal, Highness state that he had never written to Mrs. Clarke on the subjed; of mill,. tary atiairsor prothoriono-1. Very rarely, or rather not at all. , At, an early period of their itecacinttmee, Mrs. Clarke put ;some cp)'etition tO his Royal High , *tees reveding militau,m4tinvii but* his RDYaI Highness enjoined , , her wow r.:to.stouch upon .such subjedsagain. . • '• • Upon beieg questioned ' bi a Member as to the propriety of the mode that had been,pursued re;peet ing the' examinatioi4 of Coptifiu,Sanden, A D me, observed, that in a erase so extraord.inany,at,aed his friends had resolved not to crosslexaminoCaptain; Smitten. In . so doieg they used their best ,discre tion, deeming the me de they bad adopted with resw•et to" him, the best they could devise to answer the endsl of justice. . .; A similar question being pin to Mr. PItRCEVAL,.:' the Right Hon. Gentleman made nearly the same reply as Mr. .4.0 m. , Mr. •WiIITBREAD and Gen, FITZPATRICK bore,: testimony to the emninunicatiort c which bad been ,made to than resveding Captain Sulden..,, , • Mr. Hu' sitsioN proposed, reading is letter from • 114,3j0r Ximenes, deprecating the. .mention th a t had. hcell made of hik 1,9111 C0111:he.;0( the stir quiry. The letter stated th 4( Major Ximenes herer bad any in tercourse with Mrs, 0444 ctirealy.,orfin direMy ; 'that he bad servecrti.n yearil it, the army. before ho was made a Majorj,,thzu at rte time ite was promoted, he was in America. int re al& to be examined at the Baroni.these peints,•and 014- .1 1 served, that 'his brother was in wAiting . t6corraburata , what he bad advanced. Mr. Huskisson moved, that Xttn ynci he ealled44; hitt the tuotion vas opposed, on the greund that !toy, stich iifqltivaut cx- Cnination would •he only ; wastingi : thlk,4ilol* he Cent i ttee. : ! 4 r Mr. ToWri was next called -in. 4, By Mr, C tits It 5. , .--Was he r the r Josi 4 persuasion, and what was his :radca-4 1 arc,..)l Jew, and my trade private teaching. • :4;o'. t 4 Q. Have yeti 'not said that Mrs. Clarke , tol d yow, she bad forged the Duke ot.,Yot*'s name y e s, she told we so. . (1. - Was not the witness now under an indiatneat for perjury ?—A, I ain,no". . - U. Are you not implicated in proceedings of. that nature ?—A. No; they do,not belong to Mr, Parker called in ,anff e;iamitied by Mr. fiLIS-• It 560 N; to his trade and his toney.transattions, with Mrs. aarke.—A. 1. am a goldsmith and Pawn broker. Mrs.,Clarke. has ple4fdgoods with . me... I have also, "at different tines, assisted it ,discouot ing hills for her; some of thaut drawn en Mr. bow ler, some on Mrs. Clarke herself by' Mrs. Farquhar; scarcvly any 'of them were takeu , up when due. I had, afterwards, a promissory note from the Duke of. York tor .2301. 1i5; 7 .1:, -- Tior — and Mr, Ei were afien.varcis but_noither of 'het)) were iti atteodapce: The CIiANCI:T.LOR of the EXcitanusa said, that he 04 a question or two,to put . to Mts. Clarke; tit t AS it bad beep:suited at the Jra that she totilit he:able to attend for these two days, he shou4l hero move, that the Chairtuan do,rep,ort progress, and the Cointnittee do bit p o ain on kVednei,,p f next.— Ordered. iN ti V II -Li . 111 MI VIP' 00 HARWICH, FEB. 20.—This morning arrived the, Lady Frances Packet, in five days, from Heligoland, with Mails and Passengers, who state that a renewal of hostilities between Austria and France is strongly rumoured on the Continent. BUONAPARTB, after his return to Paris from Spain, proceeded for Germ many, wfiere he remains. DovER, Fan. so.—Arrived the American Sblp Faaor, of New-York, Captain Janus Toni, from TeneritTe, with wine and barilla, for London, bur* then 300 tons; she was taken on Saturday night last, between Beachy Head and Dungeness, by a French Privateer, and was recaptured and sent is here by his Majesty's Sloop of War Belk The Privateer carried away her bowsprit in attempting to board the Faaor, on which was between 90 and 30 Frenchmen, who were all drowned; ten French men are come in with the Faaor. -A Brig was seen standing for Calais to-day, taken by the same Privateer, and it is supposed the English left on board rose on the Frenchmen who were left from the Privateer; and the Lively Excise Cutter fortunately heaving in sight, sad observing the motions, ran down to her, and recaptured., raid car ried her into the'Downs. PLYMOUTH, Fitz. ig.—Sailed His Majesty's 81 1 iP Revenge, of 74 guns, Hon. Capt. PAGET, and Shan non Frigate, Capt. BROKE, to the Westward. The Lavinia Frigate, Capt. Lord WM. STUART, and the Emerald Frigate, Capt. MAITLAND, are ex* peeled to sail to-morrow. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Britannia, ANDERSON ; Alfred, DIMLY ; and the Thomas, SRUBLY, (Trinsports) from Plymouth. FALMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Sailed his Majesty's Ships ifrethusa, Medusa, Resistance, and ` Orestes; and . ifdrign Caner, an a extiize. Arrrived the Thermetis Transportfrom Vigo and Corunna ; Susannah, for Barbadues; and the B&A" bell', for Rio Janeiro, both from Liverpool; tba Susannah has been out ta days. DEAL, FRB. 20. Circe down from the River the Ferret. and the Ranger; ---'— for the South Seas; Centurion DovGLAS; Kingston, BEssoN ; and Lincoln ? 1116i/40ND, for Jamaica ; aud'rentain in the Downs with the rest of the ships as per Last• LAU/ REPORT. COURT OF KING'4 tsENCN , Vss. zo. TIII: KING V. T. CARRINGTON SAIITH, KM. • -The Defendant, a Major in the Army, was l trit4f., on two indi&nienrs, bosh originating in the 'Si , rie transaction;. the one (or assaultinglOrd gtootu,'and abe other for challengingtord:P,:enelsgh himself to fight a duel. Thu circunnitences:o ere ,0 follcr . bit Sunday morning, was drivirigArainglet , horse ahaise along the. road; and met' Ranelagh and his groom. The servant wits deliverint.a Message to his Lordihip, and the horses were .on the grass by the road-side, leaving plumy of . room forthe Defendant to pass. Wien he camp near to the groom, he cut • him with his - whit" , e ' g. claiming,". Get oat of the way, you -rascal!" and drove smutty forward. His Lordship rode alter. him, and insisted he s hould sto p. When he stopped, he asked him f u r w hy f ie struc k his sere rant ? His-reply wa s , " You are a 11—liar, d I did not strike your sovaiit." His Lordship aske d httn who, he- was ? He replied,, he supposed that ,he took him for a Cockney, drib ing a hired gig on a Sun - day, but he. was an Official' in Ilia Majeat.'s' service. His Lordship replied, that his conduct was neither that .olAt.Gentleman nor - an Othicer. To thus the Defendant retorted a great deal of foul and abuSiVe language, and challenged his Lordship to meet liiin in two hours time. The next day Ins Lordship took. him to Marlborough -street, when headinitted he. had challenged his Lordship, end exPrSsi'd his surprise that a Gentleman should appeal to the law,' After a very able summing 'up tram 'LOrd'Eitsitt. BOROUtili, the. Jury tbund him Guilty. At:lnquisition was t r ken pnSaturday at dui hotic:3 of'1114:-A. Heiken, in Oxford-street, - on the remains ethat Lady's daughter, who was burnt to dcath pt% Thtirsihiy night.' Miss 'Heiken had be. at a ball with her mother and a party, and after htr return she retired' so her apartments, where she atandentsl i f set fire to but dress with the' candle. Her s creams aura:led her parent to the spot i but too Lite t o afftnlie her any assistance,' her dress lia'ving bevii r e " daced , to tinder. She' lived in ague} abotit ati hour. VerdielAccidentai'Death. . . BIRTH, Onihe soh inst, at his hOuse at Melton. the Lady of1°" seph Huddatt. jun. Esq. 'of a Sun and Heir. .MARRIE'D. On Saturday, at Worcester, Mr. Benjamin Stable; Of the Strand, London,, to Miss Eliza Lovett or the former places Y terclAy, Philip Frederic behrends:Esq.olßroad-strisig" to Miss Farrington, of Eroxbourn, Herts. DIED. On Thursday last, at NeW dretiwieli, Gateshead, Dur hull, after a short illness; Miss Ann Hawks, )otlgat daughter of,Willuarn Hawks, Esq. Ott the tgth vt October, in Spanish Town..lan3aica, Eli zabeth Haywood, a free black woman, at the Vcr} atiV9i)call 410 of 130 years. St,e was a irown girl At the tbna ut the earthquake whidt .destroyed !'ors Royal, in 80 9 4, 314 re. Membered having gone with her mother for a loaf sit the wreak wh cn dritt,cl a‘hore on the he etc near Port Henusra sun 011 lila' OiCASIOI'. She was a Dative of the island, aid in her youth iszlon t .e4l to Dr. L bullock, of the above